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    new peachick, alone and needs to eat/drink

    I have an unexpected newly hatched peachick, just one right now. How do I get it to eat? I have him in a brooder with gamebird crumbles sprinkled on the floor. He is running around peeping and not eating. I also need to get his water ready. He just hatched today. What should I do? He...
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    Peafowl concerns

    During breeding season when hormones are elevated, they are more aggressive and much noisier. I hope he is not sick and that hormone changes is all this is!
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    Unhatched incubated peafowl eggs

    Thanks for the answer. One is at day 32 today, the other is at day 34. I probably will leave them in a couple of more days anyway, even though I don't expect anything.
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    Unhatched incubated peafowl eggs

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    Unhatched incubated peafowl eggs

    I stopped candling them about a week before they went in lock down. There are two eggs and they both were alive and moving at that time.
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    Unhatched incubated peafowl eggs

    How long past 30 days should unhatched peafowl eggs continue in the incubator?
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    Just cocks no hens. Is hubbys car safe?

    My free range peacocks love to sit atop cars. I'm not sure why as there are many trees and other things to choose for a perch. As a result, we often have to clean their droppings off the vehicles, however, they have never attacked their reflection! I also have large arena mirrors. They love...
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    Peahen limping for a leg injury

    I have had peacocks limp several times and mostly they stop limping with time. Sometimes it's just a few days or it has been longer. I had one peacock become totally one legged last year. Her leg just dangled but I couldn't feel any breaks. She seemed fine otherwise so I just kept an eye on...
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    Do emus and horses go well together?

    Just saw this so sorry for the late response. We have horses and emus together on a large pasture and it is fine. Our pasture fence is 5 ft but the paddock fences are 6 feet. They have been fine in the large pasture with 5 foot fences as I am sure they would only try to jump out if they were...
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    Injured leg

    Tonight I found my 7 month old peahen with a useless leg. It just dangled and she couldn't use it. I did not find any noticeable swelling. Her hock felt extremely loose with the leg dangling from it but no swelling. She seems miserable but she did eat. Understandably, she only wants to lie...
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    Curled back toe - help needed

    Wow! While I am definitely not as experienced as many of you with peafowl, I cannot imagine putting a bird through all of that. I have rescue peafowl, some with different degrees of lameness. They all manage to live a nice life with their handicaps. It's been my experience with birds that it...
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    How much for a white peachick?

    I have to say we bought our birds as rescues. We totally enjoy their presence and beauty but our aim was not to breed, but rather to save. I realize that buying at the swap was supporting breeders that shouldn't be supported but our focus was on saving the birds. The benefit is that these...
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    Peahen behaviour

    Sounds more like a peacock than a hen to me! He or she may need the distraction of another peafowl. We had a renter on our property who adopted a lone young peacock. As he matured he started attacking our horses!!! We picked up an adult female and a couple of babies for him and his focus...
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    How much for a white peachick?

    3 years ago we bought 3 white peachicks at an animal swap for just $35 and $40 each. We knew something was wrong as they didn't look so healthy but figured we would keep them isolated to be safe. As it turns out, they had been malnourished and overcrowded according to our vet. One is perfect...
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    Peahen in tree for 2 days

    Thanks so much!
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